I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
On ‘Oz’ one day, I got a chunk of a camera embedded in my head, and I was passed out on the floor geysering blood while the set medic stood over me, freaking out. No help whatsoever. I ended up going to the ER and getting nine stitches in my head – real Frankenstein stitches. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
When I got out of college, I moved to Seattle because it was the nearest big city and still didn’t know if I wanted to be a composer, conductor, singer, actor. I just got day jobs and auditioned and took what came, and the theater doors were the ones opening the most. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
Almost every character I’ve ever played – and sometimes this is very conscious and sometimes it’s not – I need to find what they love. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
I’ve had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I’m disdainful of blind authority. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
My aunt was so attuned to commercials that she could always identify the voiceover actor. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
Music has become so ever-present in our lives. You can’t walk through a shopping mall or go into a restaurant without what we used to call Muzak. J. K. Simmons Read Quote
